Without a Trace s05e20 Episode Script

- Thanks.
- Okay.
Let me see.
Oh, I think that one.
All right, thanks a lot.
One sec, Olivier.
- Squeeze or smell? - Excuse me? My husband does all the grocery shopping.
- I have no idea if this thing is ripe.
- Touch, actually.
This is a good one.
Thanks.
Yeah, I heard you.
Well, tell Mark to keep his panties on.
I'll be there in 20.
- Hello? Hello? Is this Mrs.
So-and-So? I'm sorry, sir, Mrs.
So-and-So is not at this number.
I see you.
What have you got in your bag? - Apples.
Is there anything else? Fireman Pratt.
- I think you found the best apples.
That's what I told him.
I don't know why we're paying these prices.
- They're half that at Stop 'n' Shop.
- These aren't covered in pesticides.
- I have to pee.
- Okay, honey, I'll take you right away.
I'll see you in a sec.
- Mom, please? - All right, let's go.
Last one there's a rotten egg.
- Mom, please? - Give me a quick sec, hon, okay? Ooh.
Here you go, ma'am.
I appreciate it.
What's that? Jon! Jon! Did Andrew come back here? - I thought he was with you.
- God, I just looked away for a second.
- Did you check the bathrooms? - Yes.
- What about the firetruck? - He's not there.
- Where'd you see him last? Come on.
- We were over there.
All right, it's fine.
Andrew! Andrew! Andrew! - Andrew! - Andrew! - Andrew! - Andrew! Andrew! Please, baby, come out.
- Andrew! - Andrew! Have you guys seen a little boy? - Andrew! He's this tall.
Anybody, please.
- Do you see him, Jon? - Andrew! We've looked everywhere.
Andrew! Tess.
What did you do with my son? Andrew! What's your problem, man? Parents, Tess and Jon Pratt, 25.
Son, Andrew, 6, last seen at the northeast entrance of the market.
The mom said that he wandered off when she stopped to pay a vendor.
Does he have a history of wandering? Not according to the mom.
But then again, no one saw him taken.
Well, if he did, it could be a crime of opportunity.
- Where are the AMBER Alerts? - Martin's putting it out.
I set up a five-block perimeter, and agents are going door to door.
We should check traffic cameras around the park.
I saw a B of A on the west-side entrance.
Get the ATM and surveillance tape from them.
I found this in the alley.
The parents confirmed it's the child's.
They say he never goes anywhere without it.
So much for little boy lost.
We gave Andrew's picture to the law-enforcement agencies.
We've got officers canvassing to see if anybody's seen him.
I only looked away for a second.
It happens to most parents at some point, Mrs.
Pratt.
Now, did you see anyone following you or him? No, I don't think so.
I wasn't really paying attention, I guess.
And how often do you come to this market? Every Friday morning.
I don't have class, and my husband has to be at work by 10.
Now, did Andrew know any of the vendors? - Was there anyone he liked to talk to? - No, he's pretty shy around strangers.
Oh, God.
He must be so scared right now.
When is Jon coming back? He's still back at the apartment with Agent Malone.
Why? Well, if this is a kidnapping someone might phone him with a ransom.
If they wanted money, these people took the wrong kid.
I make 12 bucks an hour installing alarm systems.
We pay the bills, but that's about it.
Did you borrow from people who'd expect a 50-percent return on their loan? I'm not stupid, okay? I wouldn't borrow money from a loan shark.
Why are we even talking about this? Because your kid was abducted, Mr.
Pratt.
And if you wanna find him, you'll answer the questions.
- Okay, I'm sorry.
- Okay.
Have you ever seen anybody suspicious around your house or your kid's school? I don't know.
Not really hanging around, I mean.
Then what? There was this man at Berrian Park the other day.
He was talking to Andrew.
I can't, Erin.
It's The Killers.
My brother got extra tickets.
I wish I could.
I haven't been to a concert since we saw Beck freshman year.
- Yeah.
That was an amazing concert.
- How would you know? You were busy making out with Jeremy Johnson the entire time.
Crap, I'm late for work.
Listen, call me if you change your mind.
Hey.
Hey.
Andrew, get over here.
- What the hell are you doing? - He lost his ball.
I was gonna help him get it out of the bushes.
He was just trying to help me.
I told you to stay where I could see you.
Here you go, Andrew.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Have a nice day.
I was kicking myself for thinking the worst of that man.
- I should've listened to my gut.
- Had you seen him before? Yeah.
I think he was a maintenance worker.
Oh, God, why didn't I say something? What about the Pratts' bank accounts? Couple thousand owed on a Visa, less than 200 in the bank.
They're one bad cold away from needing assistance.
A kidnap for ransom doesn't make sense.
Jon Pratt's father owns a bunch of car dealerships in Virginia.
- Maybe he's the mark.
- Maybe, but where's the ransom call? It's still early, you know? I've got N.
Y.
P.
D.
Running down any known sex offenders in the area.
I'm gonna keep hoping for a ransom.
Nabbed the groundskeeper at Berrian Park.
Name's Bart Jones.
- Mom ID'd him as the man with Andrew.
- Any priors? No, but a parent filed a complaint with Parks & Rec a week ago.
Caught Jones peeking in the boys' bathroom.
I don't understand why I'm here.
You're here because you like to look at little boys while they use the bathroom.
That was a misunderstanding.
Bart, your manager confirmed that you worked the early shift today.
Yeah, I work the early shift every Friday.
So what? So Andrew Pratt went missing this morning.
Who? - That's who.
- Yeah.
Okay.
- I've seen him at the park with his mom.
- You like him? What? Bart, we got a search warrant for your apartment.
We found your Transformer collection.
Not the toys a grown man plays with.
- Well, that's my hobby.
- Mountain climbing's a hobby.
I'm afraid of heights.
How'd you convince him to go back to your apartment? You promise to show him your treasure trove? - No.
- Did Andrew get scared, Bart? Maybe he didn't wanna play, you lost control.
I didn't touch that kid.
I was helping him find his soccer ball.
If anyone was hurting him, it was her.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Have a nice day.
What did I tell you about talking to strangers? - He is a stranger until I say otherwise.
- He's a park man.
- He's a park man.
- Do you understand me? - Andrew.
- My ball.
Andrew, stop! What are you doing? What are you doing? My ball, it's blown up.
The way she shook him like that she could've hurt him.
Come on, Bart.
You expect us to believe that? It's true.
We're gonna look into that bathroom incident.
Make sure it really was a misunderstanding.
Andrew called his mom's phone at 8:32 a.
m.
She said they headed for the bathrooms right after that.
What time was the 911 call? A bystander called it in at 8:41.
Okay, so if Tess Pratt did something to her son wow, she'd have less than ten minutes.
Let's say she did.
ERT checked the alleys and the dumpsters so where did she get rid of the body? Well, vendors were coming and going all morning.
She could've stashed the body in a truck and now it's headed out of the city.
Just because she got physical with Andrew doesn't mean that she killed him.
Well, have you ever gotten physical with Sofie? What I'm saying is, as a mother, you know when your kid is in danger.
Like running out in the street or whatever, it doesn't really matter.
You get scared, you know? You can lose your head a bit.
It happens.
All right, why don't we call Tess' friend Erin? Maybe she can tell us if the groundskeeper's lying.
We'll bring her in.
Tess is a great mom.
She'd never do anything to Andrew.
Someone told us she got fairly violent with him the other day.
Well, someone is a liar.
Are you protecting your friend? Because, listen, that's not gonna help Andrew.
Tess lives for that kid.
When she got pregnant freshman year, we were all out partying.
She and Jon dropped out.
They got married.
They totally committed to having a family.
- Can't have been an easy decision.
- It wasn't.
Tess is smart.
She could've run her own company.
But being a mom was more important than having a career.
Sure, she gets down sometimes but she'd never take it out on Andrew.
You're very doom-and-gloom today.
What's going on? You know how I'm taking that marketing class? My teacher put me up for an internship at McGill and Lowe.
It's one of the biggest firms in the city.
And? I got it.
- Tess, that's amazing.
Congratulations.
- I can't take it, Erin.
- Why not? - Andrew's in school from 9 to 2: 15.
The internship's Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 to 6.
- Well, what about a sitter? - Are you kidding? We're barely making rent as it is.
Well, just talk to Jon about it.
Jon and I are like strangers.
We used to spend hours talking about everything.
Now the most I can get out of him is his work schedule.
I miss how we used to be.
I feel like I'm drowning like at any moment, I'm gonna completely lose control.
- Tess, you're gonna get through this.
- I don't know.
I'm beginning to resent my own son, Erin.
I didn't know what else to say.
It's not like I can give her advice on balancing a career with parenthood.
Did she tell Jon? There was nothing to tell.
She was just having a bad day.
How are you hanging in there? Thank you.
Any news? Not yet.
Must have been a tough decision to make.
What? Dropping out of school to become a mom.
I did what I had to.
You make sacrifices.
Like missing out on that internship.
Erin said you were pretty upset.
- I was venting to a friend.
- It sounded like a little more than that.
Maybe another missed opportunity pushed you over the edge.
You think I hurt my son? The groundskeeper at the park said you roughed Andrew up pretty badly.
You managed to leave that out.
He almost got himself killed by running into the street after a ball.
- I guess I got a little rough with him.
- And now he's missing? You want me to think those two things are not related? Well, they're not.
I love my son.
Tess wouldn't do anything to Andrew.
I know my wife.
Are you sure? Your wife gave up a life of possibilities for this.
Do you really think that that was her dream? To be a stay-at-home mom in Queens? Look, this isn't how either of us pictured our lives, okay? But you're wrong about Tess.
Agent Malone, we got contact.
Okay, open it up.
What do we do? We wait.
Ransom came from a prepaid phone.
They used Jon's number.
- I'm assuming the kidnapper knew him.
- Unless the kid gave it to them.
No, the mom says that he only knows the home phone.
Hey, excuse me.
So I looked into the grandfather's finances.
It turns out Joseph Pratt has a holding company that owns a white-supremacist publication.
Any history of violence? I have here that five of the subscribers were accused of burning down a Richmond synagogue in '97 and beating African-American college students in 2001.
Not enough evidence to prosecute in either case.
- What's the father's ETA? - He's gonna be here within the hour.
Can't wait to meet this guy.
Hey.
Any particular reason that you didn't tell me that your father was a racist? Why does it matter? Didn't it cross your mind that his group might have kidnapped Andrew? Look, my father and I haven't talked since I started dating Tess.
He doesn't give a crap about me or my family.
He must be thrilled that he has a mixed-race grandchild.
That's an understatement.
But he knew when Andrew was born.
If my father wanted to hurt him, he wouldn't have waited until now.
You haven't talked to him for a long time.
Are you sure? No, I guess I'm not.
Okay.
We'll let you know if anything else comes up.
Just grab a seat.
When his father comes, you conduct the interview.
- Surprise, surprise.
- Yeah, I know it's predictable.
But I wanna catch this jackass off guard.
That's your grandson, Andrew.
- I know what he looks like.
- Really? You ever met him? - Last week.
- Jon let you meet Andrew? Jon doesn't speak to me anymore.
I didn't agree with some of the choices he made in life.
You mean like marrying a black woman? I'm here to help my grandson.
So you haven't spoken to your own son in about five years and you want me to believe that you care about this kid? My wife, Patty, died last year.
Breast cancer.
Said her only regret was never having met her grandson.
Despite the fact that he's diluting the master race? Patty and I didn't always share the same point of view on certain issues.
She was in a lot of pain when she was dying.
Made me promise to meet him.
Well, she died a year ago.
What took you so long? Jon wouldn't return my calls.
I gave up trying to contact him after a couple of months.
That's why I was so surprised to hear from her.
I was sorry to hear about Jon's mom.
Yeah.
A shame her own son didn't make it to her funeral.
He might have gone if you hadn't called your grandson a mud person.
Why did you call me back? I wanted to respect Mrs.
Pratt's last wish.
And I felt Andrew had a right to know his grandfather.
Where is he? Playing in the bedroom.
You and I have some things to get straight first.
Such as? He'll never be out of my presence during your visit.
You mention one thing about Aryan superiority or white supremacy, and your ass is out of here.
I want Andrew to have a family, Mr.
Pratt.
And whether I like it or not, that includes you.
I understand the sentiment.
I'm sure you do.
- May I see my grandson now? - I'm not finished.
You need to set up a college fund for Andrew so he doesn't have to struggle the way Jon and I have.
- How much? - Five thousand to start.
You'll put it under my maiden name so Jon doesn't find it.
- Do we have an agreement? - We have an agreement.
Andrew, honey? Come on out.
- Who are you? - This is Mr.
Dalton from the library.
He's come here to read you a book.
How nice to meet you, Andrew.
- Who's your buddy there? - This is Fireman Pratt.
I stayed for quite a while.
Read him two chapters of Harry Potter.
And that was the last time you saw him? The only time.
I'm gonna need the names and all the information of all of your Denizens of Faith members.
- They don't know about Andrew.
- You sure? I want their names.
And that was when? Excellent.
Thank you.
One of Joseph Pratt's racist buddies is at Disney World with his family.
I'm waiting for the airline to send his flight info to verify.
What about the other four involved in the attacks? - Still looking into them.
- Okay.
If their white-power newsletter is any indication these guys have motive.
- Why? One of their main goals? Eradicate all nonwhites from the Earth.
- That's disgusting.
- Tell me about it.
Still, they might not be involved in this.
I just talked to Jon Pratt's boss at Jensen Alarm.
Three of his clients had break-ins recently.
- Was Jon involved? - He was number two on those jobs.
- Why didn't he get canned? - He questioned him but thought Jon was clean.
He did fire the supervisor, a guy by the name of Ziggy Raines.
Ziggy Raines.
Well, there's a name for you.
- Did we look into the homes burglarized? - I was getting to that.
The first two homeowners, they filed police reports.
Now, the third one, this one here, Trent Peters he never called the cops, just the alarm company.
The cops say that he runs guns for the Latin Kings and for La Raza.
Wow.
Looks like Jon robbed the wrong house.
- I've never seen him before.
- Are you sure? I told Mr.
Jensen, I didn't have anything to do with those break-ins.
So it's a coincidence that you worked on every single house that got robbed? Jon, you broke into a gunrunner's house, man.
This guy did a nickel in Pelican Bay for attempted murder.
- What do you think he's gonna do? - I didn't break into any Start telling the truth, or you and Ziggy are going to jail.
- Do you understand? - Danny, it's okay.
Listen, Jon, it's very simple.
Your son is in danger, okay? So tell us what happened.
Maybe we can cut a deal.
Ziggy told me to mess up a job.
He said if I shorted a connection on a first-floor window he'd give me a thousand bucks.
I thought it was a one-time thing.
You know that McMansion we got on the books? - Yeah, the Great Neck house.
- The guy's got a mad coin collection.
He's got, like, old stuff mounted up on the wall, stuff from France you know, Europe.
I know some people who pay top dollar for that stuff.
Do the same thing you did on the last, I'll get you 2 grand.
I can't, Zig, our deal was for the one job.
- Oh, what, you don't need the cash? - You know I do.
Stop whining like a bitch and make it happen.
What happens if I get caught? You gonna take care of Tess and my man while I'm in prison? - What? - You're hanging me out to dry.
- I got a family.
- I don't give a crap about your family.
Yeah, I know you don't.
I only helped him with the first break-in because we're constantly strapped for cash.
And I know how hard it is on Tess and I thought it would give us some breathing room.
Look, you have to make Ziggy give that gunrunner back his stuff.
Ziggy's missing.
And I'll bet he rolled on you.
And for the last 10 hours, you've been wasting time your son doesn't have.
I'm sorry.
Please just tell me what I need to do.
We just got the instructions for the drop.
The kidnappers asked for $ 100,000.
How are we supposed to come up with that? Mr.
Pratt has offered to pay the ransom.
Why would my father offer to do that? I let him meet Andrew.
- You did what? - Please don't, not now.
- Behind my back, Tess? - Hey, you guys, you need to get a grip.
Your son is out there, and he needs you.
So put aside the family drama and listen.
Okay, you have one of two choices.
You can take the money, give it to the kidnappers hope they stay true to their word and return Andrew.
Or? We can put a transmitter in with your father's money or dummy money.
- Lf they get away, we can follow them.
- We should do that, then.
There's a downside.
If they find the transmitter, it could make things a lot worse.
What do you think we should do? I can't tell you what to do, Tess.
It's not my son out there.
But if it was? If it was, I would wanna be sure that they were followed.
Where the hell is he? Don't worry about it.
He's only five minutes late.
- What should I do? Answer it.
Hello? Go to 119 Lafayette at the corner of Prince.
- What? But you said - You have five minutes.
If I see any cops, your son is dead.
What did he say? - He told me to go somewhere else.
- Where? Listen, we're not set up for this, okay? I need you to stall him.
- Danny, get after him.
- All right, I got it.
All right, Jack.
I'm at a school on the corner of Lafayette and Prince.
Are there any kids? - Yeah, there's about 40 or 50.
Jack, I got a visual on a possible suspect.
Just hold your position.
- The money.
- Where's my son? Stop screwing around and give me the damn bag.
Give him the bag and let him move out of here.
- Give me the money.
- Not until I see my son.
Give him the bag.
Give him the money.
FBI.
Jon! Everyone, move.
Move away.
Everybody get back.
Yeah, a black Ducati Monster, an '03 or an '04.
Well, I don't know.
All right, listen, just call me back, all right? Did you call MTA, have them cover the bridges and tunnels? Yeah.
How's he doing? Well, he got hit in the neck above the Kevlar, but he got lucky.
It missed the carotid.
We found the transmitter five blocks west of here in a dumpster.
I'm gonna have Elena cross-reference the motorcycle with criminal records.
He found that fast.
Must have known what he was looking for.
- Anything on the biker yet? - No, I'm still working on it.
It's looking less and less like the grandfather and his associates had anything to do with this.
These two were on a trip the last three days.
This guy, Rodney Cole, is confirmed at Disney World.
Then there's Jason Trayner.
- Where was he? - Hernia surgery.
He was in the hospital the day Andrew got grabbed.
Okay, what about Vance? Harlan Vance.
I'm still waiting for a callback.
But I gotta tell you, these guys run in packs.
I don't think he'd do it without his friends.
Okay, so, what's happening with Trent Peters, the gunrunner? I talked to ATF 20 minutes ago.
They're trying to locate him.
Okay.
E-mail.
Tess Pratt financials.
She took money out of Andrew's college fund four days ago.
- How much did she take out? - A thousand dollars.
- From a branch on 16th and Broadway.
- Four days ago? According to the information she gave us, she wasn't in the city that day.
She was visiting a cousin in Philadelphia.
Can we talk for a minute? One of my colleagues spoke to your cousin Jill.
You haven't been in Philadelphia since February.
What are you hiding, Tess? Nothing.
So maybe you arranged the kidnapping so you and Jon could get out of debt.
I would never put my son in danger.
So why did you take money out of his college fund? - I can't tell you.
- No? I'm left to assume it had something to do with his kidnapping.
- Please.
- Look at him.
Your husband is in critical condition and your son is still out there somewhere.
Whatever it is, you need to tell me.
I got pregnant.
I found out three weeks ago.
I remember what it was like when we found out about Andrew.
It was a surprise.
But then we were so excited.
But this It just seemed impossible.
Hey, is he sleeping yet? Yeah.
His fever's finally gone.
I was thinking, if we put the crib in the alcove we'll have to push Andrew's bed into the corner.
That should work.
Except it's drafty.
He'll be sick all the time.
I'll buy some window sealant, fill in the cracks.
It'll still be cold.
What do you want me to do, Tess? I don't know.
I just hate taking away what little space he already has.
Then maybe we'll have to move.
How are we gonna afford that? With the baby, there will be hospital bills, clothes, diapers.
- I'll go work more hours.
- There aren't any more hours.
You barely see Andrew as it is.
Look, I don't have a good solution right now, Tess.
All right? Not at 3 in the morning.
Come on, let's go back to bed.
I'm gonna stay out here for a bit make sure his fever doesn't come back.
Okay, good night.
We were barely holding on.
Having another kid right now I didn't know how we were gonna get through it.
And then what would that mean for Andrew? I told Jon I miscarried.
And I made an appointment to have an abortion.
I spent the night in a hotel room, and I hired a nurse to look after me.
Why didn't you just tell Jon the truth? I know my husband.
He would've blamed himself for being unable to support his family.
Jon has already given up so much.
I wasn't gonna do that to him.
So that's why you called Mr.
Pratt? To get the money? I couldn't afford it on my own.
Why didn't you tell me all this before? You people already think I'm a terrible mother.
How was telling you I had an abortion going to help my son? I just got off the phone with Atlantic City P.
D.
- They picked up Ziggy Raines.
- He have an alibi? He'd been there for three days.
Lost a lot of money at the blackjack tables.
Well, we got a pop on the bike.
Look, there are five Ducati owners in the city.
Two match the same model and color as our kidnapper.
Names are Ian McDonald and Robert Gilchrist.
What, like Tess' friend Erin Gilchrist? I don't know, he's got a record.
Clear.
We know your brother did 31 months for embezzlement and extortion.
He was staying clean.
I don't think either of you are clean.
I think you teamed up, abducted the child he double-crossed you, took the money, and ran.
I didn't know Bob had Andrew until an hour ago.
- How'd you find out? - He called me.
Look, I'm telling you the truth.
He heard Jon got shot.
He asked me to call the hospital to see if he was okay.
- You didn't believe him? - It had just happened.
I only knew because Tess called me.
So I came over.
What was I supposed to do, huh? - I told you we've gotta get rid of him.
It's okay, he's just a kid.
- I'll watch out for him, okay? - Yeah, are you out of your mind? Oh, my God.
- What the hell are you doing here? - Bobby, what did you do? Hey.
Buddy, it's gonna be okay.
Just be brave.
- Get the hell out.
- Let go of me.
This is none of your business.
- You kidnapped my best friend's kid.
- We weren't gonna hurt him.
We were gonna let him go as soon as we got out of town, right, Bob? Yeah.
What happened to your promise? "I'm gonna stay clean, Erin.
- I'm gonna make it work this time.
" - So, what, you think this is easy? Getting out of the joint and getting a job? - Just give me the kid, Bobby.
- Maybe she's right, baby.
Shut your mouth.
- You.
You need to leave.
- I'm calling the cops.
I should've called you guys before I came.
I was hoping it wasn't true.
Erin, how did your brother know that the Pratts had access to money? Because of me.
I told him how her father-in-law was loaded.
Where do you think he'd go now? I don't know.
So we got a hit on Gilchrist's girlfriend's E-ZPass.
The car is heading north on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Gilchrist and the kid are with her? Not sure, but we found his motorcycle outside the apartment.
Well, that could be a good sign.
If he killed the kid, he would've left him.
We've got locals staking out family and friends in the area.
His sister turned him in.
I doubt he'll go to family.
- He just got out of Rikers, right? - Eight months ago? Yeah.
Put together a list of his prison associates.
- All right, let's do it.
- Okay.
Erin's brother? He found out that Jon's dad has got money.
He's probably been following you guys waiting for an opportunity to grab Andrew.
Excuse me.
- Hey.
Hey, Viv.
We tracked an outgoing call from the girlfriend's cell to Chad Seaver.
- Who's he? - Gilchrist's cellmate at Rikers.
- Have you spoken to him? - I haven't been able to yet.
I ran the guys holdings, and he owns a warehouse in Newark.
It does track with their last whereabouts.
We've got a team headed there right now.
Okay.
We need to get some food.
Sally.
Sally! Where are you? Shh.
Sally, where the hell are you? Get the hell out here.
Freeze.
FBI.
- Get the hell out of here! - Put your weapon down.
- Come out with your hands up.
- I said, get out.
- You don't think I'll shoot? - Where's the boy? I don't know.
She must have taken him.
- Sally! - Shh.
Listen to me.
Put your weapon down.
It's the only way out of here.
No! Danny, see if you can find the kid.
You got it.
It's okay.
It's gonna be okay.
Don't cry.
Andrew.
You all right? My name's Danny.
I want my mommy.
Well, I'm gonna take you to her.
Come on.
Let him go.
I kept him safe.
I didn't let Bob hurt him.
All right, that's great, but right now I need you to let him go.
- Andrew.
- Mommy! Oh, I missed you so much.
So much.
Let me look at you.
Where's Daddy? He's sleeping, baby.
But maybe I can take you to him and you could help me wake him up.
Okay.
Thank you.
The kid seems to be okay, huh? It's amazing how resilient they can be.